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#81 Missouri University of Science & Technology

Rolla, MO

$6,390 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,470 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,050

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Rank Not Published Montana State University

Bozeman, MT

$4,797 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,748 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 187
Rank Not Published Morgan State University (Mitchell)

Baltimore, MD

$212 per credit (in-state, full-time); $552 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 107
Unranked Naval Postgraduate School

Monterey, CA

N/A N/A
#94 New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ

$16,836 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,370 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,340
Rank Not Published New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Socorro, NM

$5,044 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,682 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 194
#143 New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, NM

$6,514 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,266 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 456
Rank Not Published North Carolina A&T State University

Greensboro, NC

$3,805 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,238 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 320
#29 North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC

$6,883 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,931 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,918
Rank Not Published North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND

$300 per credit (in-state, full-time); $801 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 230
#57 Northeastern University

Boston, MA

$1,270 per credit (full-time) 2,295
#20 Northwestern University (McCormick)

Evanston, IL

$43,380 per year (full-time) 1,669
Rank Not Published Oakland University

Rochester, MI

$595 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,027 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 486
#29 Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

$11,704 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,016 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,738
#132 Ohio University (Russ)

Athens, OH

$8,188 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,180 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 388
#112 Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK

$178 per credit (in-state, full-time); $709 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 881
Rank Not Published Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

$393 per credit (in-state, full-time); $997 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 797
Unranked Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

N/A N/A
#85 Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

$13,347 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,259 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 834
#25 Pennsylvania State University​‒​University Park

University Park, PA

$18,672 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,512 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,863
#57 Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Brooklyn, NY

$1,304 per credit (full-time) 2,114
Rank Not Published Portland State University (Maseeh)

Portland, OR

$10,449 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,579 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 675
Rank Not Published Prairie View A&M University

Prairie View, TX

$210 per credit (in-state, full-time); $563 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 125
#17 Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

$38,650 per year (full-time) 574
#8 Purdue University​‒​West Lafayette

West Lafayette, IN

$10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,070

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